Deathly Hallows Initial Reactions--Mike C Do Not Read This!

I went to Borders at 9 a.m. on Saturday (strategically picking the Borders at 14th and F, which I thought was the DC Borders least likely to be mobbed), got my book in less than 5 minutes, and immediately headed down to a nearby Caribou coffee. I inhaled the book for about 3 hours, then decided that I needed to take a break because I had some errands that I needed to run, and I wasn't quite ready for it to end. So I ran errands all afternoon, then packed for my camping trip and headed out to meet my friend Maranda in Alexandria. Had dinner with her and her husband Ken and their little boy Kieran, (and their cockatiel, Zeke, who spent a significant amount of time perched on my head. Once they went to put Kieran down, I picked up the book again, and I'm really surprised that they weren't woken by my audible squeaks, sniffles, and occasional curses (mostly at Harry!) After I'd finished, I spent a couple of hours reading and responding to the posts of other fast readers on Maranda's borrowed laptop, because the experience of reading Harry Potter just isn't complete until you've shared it with friends on LJ, IMHO. So, even though it was awhile ago, here are my initial reactions--I've tried to keep it to stuff I actually thought of intially, rather than stuff I thought of later when I was reading other people's posts, but probably a little bit of that has leaked in.
( Spoilery thoughts behind the cut )